Russian Jr Boys

eddie.olsson on gymnastikfabriken posted some Team Russia highlights from the important boys Age Group competition last week.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Some feel that Russia has stronger male gymnasts coming up than female.

Handstand Homework workbook

Tumbl Trak sells an excellent product called Handstand Homework. ($19.95)

On their Tumbl Talk blog, they posted several sample pages.

Reverse plance

Mattis, Tinkler, Downie

Tyesha Mattis from East London Gymnastics has been crowned the 2013 Women’s Junior all-around British Champion with South Durham’s Amy Tinkler following in second and Notts Ellie Downie in third. …

2013 British Junior women’s all-around

full results (PDF)

Click PLAY or watch Tyesha’s DTY on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Amy’s Floor on YouTube.

British Championships – How to follow

more videos on the BG YouTube channel

Jesolo preview video

March 23-24th in Italy.

USA, Japan, Italy and Switzerland. Team, All-around and Event Finals.

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Full Twist – All You Need to Know: City of Jesolo Trophy 2013

From there Team USA travels to a tri-meet in Chemnitz, Germany on the 30th of March. USA v GER v ROM

Conference Gymnastics Championships

It’s not all about bragging rights at the various Conference Championships. Those scores still count towards regional qualification.

Southern Utah University will host the final Western Athletic Conference Gymnastics Championship on Saturday night at 6:00 p.m. in the Centrum Arena. The WAC will no longer be sponsoring gymnastics after this season because of conference realignment.

Click PLAY or watch the SUU psych-up video on YouTube.

Southern Utah will enter the weekend coming off its best team total of the year in a 196.200 victory over Iowa, San Jose State and Ball State last Friday.

The Thunderbirds are currently ranked No. 34 in the nation and will look to score another 196-plus this weekend to secure a spot into the NCAA Regional meets on April 6. The T-Birds need to finish the year with a top-36 ranking to claim a regional berth. …

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If these girls are able to stay in the top 36, they’ll be packing for one of the 2013 Regionals April 6th:

Oklahoma (Lloyd Noble Center)
Oregon State (Gill Coliseum)
Florida (O’Connell Center)
Ohio State (St. John Arena)
West Virginia (WVU Coliseum)
Alabama (Coleman Coliseum)